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• Gold price edges up to near $3,360 as US bond yields decline significantly.
• Traders raise Fed’s interest rate cut bets after the US CPI report release.
• Gold price continues to trade inside the Symmetrical Triangle formation.

Gold price (XAU/USD) trades marginally higher to near $3,360.00 during the European trading session on Wednesday. The yellow metal edges higher as United States (US) Treasury yields plunge due to escalating speculation about the Federal Reserve (Fed) to resume the monetary-expansion cycle from the September monetary policy meeting.

10-year US Treasury yields are down 1.2% to near 4.26%. Lower yields on interest-bearing assets improve the appeal of non-yielding assets, such as Gold.

Financial market participants have increased bets supporting interest rate cuts by the Fed in the policy meeting next month as the US Consumer Price Index (CPI) report for July didn’t show any signs pointing to further flow of the tariff impact into prices. June’s CPI report showed that prices of goods that are largely imported into the US have increased.

According to the CME FedWatch tool, the probability of the Fed to cut interest rates in the September meeting has increased to 94% from almost 86% recorded on Monday.

Meanwhile, weakness in the US Dollar (USD) has also supported the Gold price. Technically, a lower US Dollar makes the Gold price an attractive bet for investors.

Gold technical analysis
 

Gold price trades in a Symmetrical Triangle formation, which indicates a sharp volatility contraction. The upper border of the above-mentioned chart pattern is plotted from the April 22 high around $3,500, while the downward border is placed from the May 15 low near $3,180.86

The yellow metal corrects to near the 20-day Exponential Moving Average (EMA) around $3,357.00.

The 14-day Relative Strength Index (RSI) oscillates inside the 40.00-60.00 range, suggesting indecisiveness among market participants.

Looking down, the Gold price would fall towards the round-level support of $3,200 and the May 15 low at $3,121, if it breaks below the May 29 low of $3,245

Alternatively, the Gold price will enter an uncharted territory if it breaks above the psychological level of $3,500 decisively. Potential resistances would be $3,550 and $3,600.

Gold daily chart
 

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